PO Box 703, Black Diamond,
Alberta, Canada, T0L 0H0
Fracture-Scaping begins with naturally found wood fractures. I read their ridges, recesses, and planes as fields of landscape possibility, using chromatic interpretation to reveal a composition guided by the fracture. The fracture remains the governing form and a participant in authorship.
PRESERVED FORM, PAINTED INTERPRETATION
Interpretation remains confined to naturally fractured surfaces. Unfractured exterior wood and bark are preserved, and expressive fracture geometry is not mechanically reshaped. Minimal preparation is permitted only on the horizontal base plane when required for stable presentation.
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4-FSG-2026
Acrylic on naturally fractured wood
Completed - Spring 2026
Dimensions - 6 1/16 × 8 1/4 in (base × height)
Acquired - Spring 2025 · near [Kimberley, British Columbia]
Authorization - Wood gifted by previous custodian
Expedition Data - No expedition record
Landscape Context - East Kootenay Interior Douglas-fir forest
Conservation Contribution - N/A (NFS)
Stewardship Context - TBA
Glacier Gorge rises as a fractured vertical wall divided by deep recesses and descending channels. Warm exposed wood frames a braided blue passage through green and yellow terrain, while pale upper faces suggest ice, altitude, and weather.
The work explores how depth, shadow and overlapping fracture planes can create the impression of a multi-stage glacial waterfall without filling or reconstructing the channels. Paint remains subordinate to the found geometry, using the material’s narrow recesses to suggest flowing water and spatial recession.
Glacier Gorge was acquired in spring 2025 from gifted private stock in Kimberley, British Columbia, before the current field-documentation protocol was established. The timber was reported as western larch; however, its original harvest date, precise recovery location, fracture event and earlier chain of custody were not documented. No in situ recovery photograph survives.
Because current By Nature provenance standards cannot be established, the work remains within the Genesis collection. No borate treatment was applied. The work was completed using craft-grade acrylic, an isolation coat, matte spray finish and selectively applied gloss and matte media.
Available [EARLY STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHS] document the material only after acquisition and during the work’s development.